The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on Mississippi’s policy for counting postmarked mail-in ballots received after Election Day, and its ruling could influence how dozens of states handle ...

Voting Rights Act Even if the plaintiffs show race was predominate factor in creating the map, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act currently presents a hurdle. That law, enacted in 1965 an effort to ...

California Republicans quickly raised a constitutional challenge to the state’s newly approved congressional maps, with deadlines for the 2026 mid-term election fast approaching and a cloud of of ...

(NEW YORK)- -- A father's lawsuit against the online gaming platform Roblox will remain in the public eye after a California judge denied the company's attempt to force the dispute into a private ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine and Texas are the latest states to become involved in a nationwide Republican push to enact strict voter ID laws and highlight the exceedingly rare problem of noncitizen ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As California voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot on a measure that could block President ...

Zohran Mamdani, state assemblyman and Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, spoke to reporters after casting his ballot on Election Day. UPS plane crashes near Louisville airport, at least 4 ...

A Missouri court hearing on a newly gerrymandered congressional map was postponed due to a judge's illness. The group People Not Politicians is suing over the rejection of its petitions for a ...

Ahead of Election Day tomorrow, millions of ballots are being cast in statewide, local and special elections. So, today, we're revisiting an episode asking: What would happen if the rules of our ...